Ow

[charamei]

Just fell off my swing. Still in shock a bit. Dad's gone back to sleep, so I'm mostly typing this to keep myself awake for another half hour or so in case of concussion. (It's one a.m. here. Yes, I have odd garden habits.)

Rope broke at the top: I think it was that loose joint that's been bothering me for ages. I was fairly high up and I'm pretty sure I flew right out and landed in the middle of the garden.

I'll have a full injury tally in the morning, I'm sure, but so far: nothing's broken. Any concussion is probably mild, but I'm not risking it. Shock's fading, apparently I function quite well through shock (odd, since I freeze in an actual crisis). One swelling eyelid, which'll probably be a proper shiner by morning. The same eyelid is grazed, that's an interesting experience. I can see fine out of it, though, which is just as well since it's my good eye...

Bit of a headache, bruised shoulder, whiplashed spine/neck. Could be much, much worse.

But hey! Only recently, I was bemoaning my lack of first-hand experience for writing characters in pain. That scene's going to be awesome now.

Comments

[st_aurafina]

Ow! I hope you're not too black and blue in the morning. And that there was at least one glorious moment of flight before the ground struck.

[charamei]

There was a moment of 'ARGHWTF' and some flailing, which probably counts :p

I've somehow avoided any visible bruising at all, though I've no idea how: possibly it's related to the ibuprofen capsule I took before going to sleep. Just a swollen eyelid, a tender shoulder that won't rotate past a certain point, and a shaken-up skeleton.

[susanreads]

Oh gosh. whiplashed spine/neck makes me all "Get thee to an emergency department!" but I guess you don't mean actual whiplash, like what I had at Xmas wasn't actual flu? Not taking possible concussion lightly is good, but I wouldn't take any spinal impact lightly at.all. /person with bad back

[charamei]

No: I just mean I landed on my shoulder and it rattled my skeleton a bit. I pitched forwards and sideways, so my shoulder took most of the impact, then my face got the second wave, then the rest came down. I'm a bit stiff, but not much more. (Couldn't be sure of that when I wrote this, though, as I was still shaking. Ah, shock.)

[susanreads]

... and I was reading up my reading page and hadn't seen your update. I'm glad you're OK-ish!